Nadine Van Der Linden sees how Ruben Van Gucht in ‘The smartest person’ can easily get away with something for which Tom Waes has been apologizing for years

Laugh! Applause! In ‘The smartest person’, Ruben Van Gucht has been accepting jokes about his libido and his traffic antics for two days now. What other famous Flemish people could not do, he succeeds with flying colours: his flaws are made light of the image of a rascal. “Van Gucht has taken flight by stating plainly: this is who I am, I live my life the way I want,” says our reporter Nadine Van Der Linden. Are ‘blonde gods’ really allowed to do more?

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